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Book SynopsisA beginner's guide to learning the Macintosh's scripting tool: AppleScript. Through dozens of hands-on scripting examples, this comprehensive guide ensures that anyone including novices can learn how to control Mac applications in timesaving and innovative ways.
Table of ContentsForeword; The Missing Credits; Introduction; Part One: AppleScript Overview; Chapter 1. Setting Up AppleScript; The Script Menu; Working with the Scripts You Have; Chapter 2. Using Script Editor; The Script Editor Look; Script Formats; Setting Script Editor's Preferences; Chapter 3. Building a Script from Scratch; Getting Started; Commanding Other Programs; Part Two: Everyday Scripting Tasks; Chapter 4. Manipulating Text; String Notation; Getting Text Back from Dialog Boxes Linking Strings Together; Multiline Strings; Scripting TextEdit Adding Word Count; Commanding Microsoft Word; Running Scripts from Text; Chapter 5. Controlling Files; File Path Boot Camp Displaying Folders; Moving Files Around; Backing Up Files Deleting Files; Picking a File from a Dialog Box; Saving Files; Chapter 6. Creating Lists; Common List Commands; Displaying Lists The Ever-Useful every Keyword; List Processing; Joining Lists Together; Inputting Lists; Getting Lists from Other Programs; Chapter 7. Organizing and Editing Graphics; Scripting iPhoto Controlling Photoshop; Image Events; Chapter 8. Playing Sound and Video; Scripting iTunes; Speaking and Listening; Scripting QuickTime; Chapter 9. Internet and Network Scripting; Internet Connect; Safari; Address Book; Mail; iChat Control; URL Access Scripting; Recalling Passwords; Chapter 10. Organizing Information in Databases; Record Notation; Making a Simple AppleScript Database; Getting File Information; Scripting FileMaker Pro; Part Three: Power-User Features; Chapter 11. Linking Scripts to Folders with Folder Actions; Enabling Folder Actions; Built-in Actions; Running Your Own Actions; Chapter 12. Scripting Programs That Don't Have Dictionaries; Enabling GUI Scripting; GUI Scripting Basics; Controlling Menus; Clicking Buttons; Deciphering Interface Hierarchies; Fake Typing; Chapter 13. Mixing AppleScript and Unix; Terminal; Unix Without Terminal; Running Superuser Commands; Running AppleScripts from Unix; Scheduling AppleScript Commands; Chapter 14. Testing and Debugging Scripts; First Line of Defense: The Compiler; Noting Important Events; Preventing Errors; Isolating and Handling Errors; The Xcode Debugger; Chapter 15. AppleScript Studio What Is AppleScript Studio?; Making a Program; Part Four: Appendixes; Appendix A. AppleScript Support in Common Programs Databases; Email Programs; Graphics Editors; Page Layout Programs; Plain Text Editors; Word Processors; Web Browsers Appendix B. Moving from HyperCard to AppleScript; Data Types Dialog Boxes; Existence; Numbers; Pausing; Ranges Repeat Statements; Subroutines; Variables; Appendix C. Where to Go from Here; Web Sites; Discussion Lists; Books; Index
